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Well, it is Halloween season, after all. Perfect time for Scare News. :)
Agreed. This technology is really still in the infancy stage. As crypto takes first steps there will certainly be many falls before it is truly able to walk. In 2017 I think we saw an initial foray into general consumer visibility. As we know, general consumers are picky and have very short attention spans. The fact that crypto garnered so much attention for so long is a good indication that there is certainly something to this whole idea of a currency that defies the traditional financial systems. Now is not the time to give up. Crypto is just getting started.
Whether or not the energy is "clean" now should not keep us from working toward advancements in this area. We all know that we want "clean" energy, and many people are headed that direction, but this is a massive object to redirect and it will take time. Be patient and keep encouraging the production and use of clean energy. It will happen. :)
Re:Syncthing Usage Data on Monday March 13, 2017 @12:51PM (#13859594)
Backing up your filesystem can and really should be part of an entirely different process. Let syncthing focus on syncing. Get CrashPlan, rsync, or some other process going on your filesystem for backups. Unless you are hoping for backing up every single version of your documents.
Here is my current list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZJl3gc2Eg8q_fHxh_QDo...

If anyone has more suggestions, feel free to let me know. I would love to see more options show up for these services.

Thanks. CloudFlare and Rage4 are on my list. CloudFlare was one of the first places I looked.
Re:Itty-Bitty Satellites Could Carry Your Experiments to Space on Wednesday October 28, 2015 @12:10AM (#10462801)
I think private accessibility to space is key to driving public interest in space exploration. It used to be that only very large corporations and government bodies had access to space. Advanced technology and out-of-the-box thinking is making it possible for even hobbyists to be involved. It is very exciting.
More proof that genetics is not read-only.
Re:What is Electricity? on Friday October 16, 2015 @04:17PM (#10401747)
Good clarification.
Re:What is Electricity? on Friday October 16, 2015 @03:53PM (#10401627)
I just sent your feedback to Sparkfun: https://twitter.com/SunSparc/status/655108454042832896

We will see if they update it.

Re:What is Electricity? on Friday October 16, 2015 @03:43PM (#10401580)
Great read! Thanks for that.
Re:What is Electricity? on Friday October 16, 2015 @03:41PM (#10401564)
So true. If the Egyptians could see what we play with every day, they would be amazed. I imagine there is quite a bit of shock for people in deep jungle/desert tribes that still live in huts when they are introduced to "modern" technology. Magic is probably the best way for them to explain it initially. Of course, "magic", usually just means, "something I do not understand".
Re:What is Electricity? on Friday October 16, 2015 @12:39PM (#10400468)
Haha, I daresay that student did poorly on the exam.
Re:What is Electricity? on Friday October 16, 2015 @11:57AM (#10400136)
Great little intro to electricity. SparkFun has some good educational tutorials.
Re:Show HN: Caddy, a cross-platform HTTP/2 web server on Tuesday April 28, 2015 @12:32PM (#9453489)
This is a sweet little web server. Good job putting it all together!
It all comes down to this: not putting the customer first. If my business depends on customers for income, then it only makes sense that I should be doing whatever it takes to serve my customers.
Agreed on watching what Musk does. He seems to have a knack for brazenly pushing the technological envelope.
Re:Papa Parse: Powerful CSV parser for Javascript on Thursday January 02, 2014 @05:06PM (#7002661)
Looks handy, thanks!
Re:GoConvey: Go testing in the browser on Thursday November 14, 2013 @07:00PM (#6736708)
Beautiful UI and very helpful implementation. Makes testing a joy.